Ethiopia’s leader faces intense pressure to end Tigray war
3 years, 9 months ago

Ethiopia’s leader faces intense pressure to end Tigray war

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Ethiopia’s government on Thursday faced mounting pressure to withdraw troops from the northern region of Tigray amid growing reports of war crimes in an embattled area that now faces a humanitarian crisis. Criticism of the conduct of government troops and their allies from neighboring Eritrea grew after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken asserted Wednesday that “ethnic cleansing” has happened in parts of Tigray. to make sure that the people are cared for, provided for and protected.” Eritrean troops as well as fighters from Amhara, an Ethiopian region bordering Tigray, “need to come out,” he said, adding that the region needs “a force that will not abuse the human rights of the people of Tigray or commit acts of ethnic cleansing, which we’ve seen in western Tigray. “Despite shamelessly protesting its innocence and profusely promising to allow access to humanitarian agencies and international investigation into allegations, Abiy Ahmed’s regime and its partners in crime have only stepped up their war crimes and crimes against humanity in recent weeks and days.” A senior Ethiopian diplomat on Wednesday quit his post in Washington over concerns about the reported atrocities in Tigray.

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Hopeful Glimpse into the Scars of War: Tigray War Survivors Hope for Healing
2 months, 1 week ago

Hopeful Glimpse into the Scars of War: Tigray War Survivors Hope for Healing

Al Jazeera  

Two years on, Tigray war survivors hope time will heal the scars of war. The article focuses on Asmelash Mariam, a 28-year-old who lost a limb in the war and is now recovering from injuries sustained during the conflict. Despite the challenges he faces, he remains hopeful that time will heal the wounds of war and allow him to move …

Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report
7 months ago

Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report

Al Jazeera  

Report says Ethiopia and allies had ‘intent to destroy Tigrayans as an ethnic group’ and calls for prosecution at ICJ. There is compelling evidence that Ethiopian forces committed genocidal acts during the Tigray war, a new report has concluded. Issued on Tuesday by the United States-based New Lines Institute, the 120-page draft quotes multiple, widespread and credible independent reports that …

Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children

LA Times  

Ethiopian women gather at a community meeting in Mai Mekden, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on Feb. 26. The cruel realities of war and drought seem to have merged for Tinseu Hiluf, a widow living in the arid depths of Ethiopia’s Tigray region who is raising four children left behind by her sister’s recent death in childbirth. Another …

Ethiopia rejects allegations its forces massacred civilians as the West urges an investigation
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Ethiopia rejects allegations its forces massacred civilians as the West urges an investigation

Associated Press  

Ethiopia’s government on Thursday dismissed allegation its soldiers massacred scores of civilians last month in the country’s restive Amhara region as the West is demanding an investigation into the killings. A rebellion broke out in Amhara — Ethiopia’s second-biggest province — last year when the government moved to dissolve regional forces and absorb them into the federal army. Ethiopia’s state-appointed …

Eritrean troops are accused of abducting farmers and stealing livestock in Ethiopia’s Tigray
11 months, 1 week ago

Eritrean troops are accused of abducting farmers and stealing livestock in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

Eritrean troops are abducting farmers and stealing hundreds of livestock in border regions of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, 15 months after a cease-fire ended a civil war there and called for their withdrawal, according to an aid memo seen by The Associated Press. Yemane Gebremeskel, Eritrea’s information minister, denied the allegations, telling the AP on Friday that the reports of livestock …

Latest peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and Oromo militants break up without an agreement
1 year, 1 month ago

Latest peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and Oromo militants break up without an agreement

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The latest round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s federal government and a militant group waging a long-running conflict in the country’s Oromia region have broken up in Tanzania without an agreement, both sides said Tuesday. The Oromo Liberation Army says it is fighting for greater determination for the Oromo, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, who have long …

Ethiopia says disputed western Tigray will be settled in a referendum and displaced people returned
1 year, 2 months ago

Ethiopia says disputed western Tigray will be settled in a referendum and displaced people returned

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s federal government says the future of contested land in its northern Tigray region will be settled by a referendum, and hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people will be returned. The disputed status of western Tigray, a patch of fertile land bordering Sudan, was a key flashpoint in the two-year conflict between the Tigray People’s …

Dashed hopes and limited aid trouble Tigrayans a year after Ethiopia truce
1 year, 2 months ago

Dashed hopes and limited aid trouble Tigrayans a year after Ethiopia truce

Al Jazeera  

Many Tigrayans say they can’t return home despite the ceasefire because forces allied with the federal government still occupy parts of the region. Life had been upended in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent federal troops and allied fighters from the neighbouring Amhara region and Eritrea there in November 2020. “I have fears that …

Crimes against humanity continue in Ethiopia despite truce, say UN experts
1 year, 3 months ago

Crimes against humanity continue in Ethiopia despite truce, say UN experts

Al Jazeera  

UN experts say Ethiopia and its allies, including Eritrea, are still violating human rights in the Tigray region. “While the signing of the agreement may have mostly silenced the guns, it has not resolved the conflict in the north of the country, in particular in Tigray, nor has it brought about any comprehensive peace,” Mohamed Chande Othman, chair of the …

What’s behind the crisis in Ethiopia’s Amhara region? A simple guide
1 year, 5 months ago

What’s behind the crisis in Ethiopia’s Amhara region? A simple guide

Al Jazeera  

Tensions between local militiamen and federal forces sparked Ethiopia’s most serious security crisis since the two-year civil war in Tigray. Fierce fighting broke out last week in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region, just nine months after the end of a devastating two-year war in the neighbouring Tigray region. Tensions have been rising since April, when the federal government announced it was …

Ethiopia’s government says it lost control of some areas in the Amhara region to militia fighters
1 year, 5 months ago

Ethiopia’s government says it lost control of some areas in the Amhara region to militia fighters

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s federal government says it lost control of some districts and towns to militia fighters in the country’s Amhara region during the latest conflict emerging in Africa’s second most populous nation. The federal government has tried to centralize security powers after the end of a devastating two-year conflict in the country’s Tigray region, where Amhara regional forces …

Amhara Violence: Ethiopia Declares Six-Month ‘State of Emergency’
1 year, 5 months ago

Amhara Violence: Ethiopia Declares Six-Month ‘State of Emergency’

News 18  

Ethiopia’s federal government on Friday declared a six-month “state of emergency” as violent clashes escalate between the national army and local fighters from the northern region of Amhara. The government communications service later said the measures would cover Amhara “for six months” but could be imposed “nationwide in relation to any situation or movement that aggravates the security problem”. On …

Ethiopia’s Amhara region pleads for help with violent unrest after attempt to disarm local fighters
1 year, 5 months ago

Ethiopia’s Amhara region pleads for help with violent unrest after attempt to disarm local fighters

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Authorities in Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Thursday asked the federal government for help, as a local ethnic militia clashed with federal security forces, halting some flights to key cities and leading the deputy prime minister, in an unusually outspoken statement, to call the situation “increasingly grave.” The disturbances are “causing serious economic, social and humanitarian damage,” the …

Ethiopia rejects ‘ethnic cleansing’ accusation in western Tigray
1 year, 7 months ago

Ethiopia rejects ‘ethnic cleansing’ accusation in western Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch accuses government-backed militias and officials of committing ‘war crimes and crimes against humanity’ in the region. The Ethiopian government has rejected a report by Human Rights Watch that alleges an “ethnic cleansing” campaign is under way in western Tigray despite a truce signed in November. The HRW issued a report last week saying the November peace agreement …

Protesters in Ethiopia’s Tigray demand Eritrean troops withdraw
1 year, 7 months ago

Protesters in Ethiopia’s Tigray demand Eritrean troops withdraw

Al Jazeera  

Tigray residents say Ethiopia’s allies – Eritrean troops and soldiers from the neighbouring Amhara region – are yet to leave, despite a truce. Thousands of people demonstrated on Tuesday in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region to demand the return of people displaced by a two-year war there and the withdrawal of outside forces now that the conflict has ended. They held …

Will Ethiopia and Eritrea be dragged into Sudan’s complex war?
1 year, 8 months ago

Will Ethiopia and Eritrea be dragged into Sudan’s complex war?

Al Jazeera  

The countries have a long history of getting involved in each other’s affairs, leading to fears of a regional crisis as fighting in Sudan persists. With the tables now turned, Amhara armed groups could take advantage of the civil war in Sudan by launching an attack on the Sudanese army in el-Fashaga, according to Hubert Kinkoh, an expert on the …

UN, others cite new displacement from Ethiopia’s Tigray
1 year, 8 months ago

UN, others cite new displacement from Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have displaced tens of thousands of ethnic Tigrayans from disputed territory in the north of the country in recent weeks despite a peace deal agreed late last year, according to aid workers and internal agency documents seen by the AP. Another report, prepared by a humanitarian agency, says residents fled Mai …

Eritrea’s government should not be allowed to harm peace in Ethiopia
1 year, 9 months ago

Eritrea’s government should not be allowed to harm peace in Ethiopia

Al Jazeera  

President Isaias Afwerki’s determination to continue his feud with the TPLF is jeopardising stability in Ethiopia and the wider region. First and foremost, the Eritrean government’s insistence on keeping its troops in Tigray and supporting Amhara groups could undermine the efforts of the international community to build a sustainable peace architecture in Tigray and trigger a new conflict in Ethiopia. …

Ethiopia’s PM announces outreach to rebel group in Oromia
1 year, 9 months ago

Ethiopia’s PM announces outreach to rebel group in Oromia

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s prime minister said Tuesday his administration is attempting talks with an outlawed rebel group operating mainly in the restive Oromia region. Abiy Ahmed’s comments to lawmakers on outreach to the Oromo Liberation Army came amid efforts to replicate a peace process conducted for the conflict based in the northern Tigray region that saw an agreement signed …

Ethiopia sets up Tigray interim gov’t as part of peace plan
1 year, 9 months ago

Ethiopia sets up Tigray interim gov’t as part of peace plan

Al Jazeera  

The move comes a day after Ethiopia’s parliament voted to remove the TPLF from a list of ‘terrorist’ organisations. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has established an interim administration for the Horn of Africa country’s northern region of Tigray, a key step in the implementation of a peace plan to end the war there. The interim administration was set up …

Eritrea, Ethiopia deny US accusations of war crimes in Tigray conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

Eritrea, Ethiopia deny US accusations of war crimes in Tigray conflict

Firstpost  

Ethiopia’s foreign affairs ministry called the US claims “inflammatory” and “untimely”, while Eritrea’s foreign affairs ministry said they were “unsubstantiated and defamatory” Nairobi: Ethiopia and Eritrea on Tuesday rejected a determination by the U.S. State Department that their armies, along with all sides in the recently concluded conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, had committed war crimes. Ethiopia’s foreign affairs …

Ethiopia removes ‘terrorist’ tag from Tigray regional party
1 year, 9 months ago

Ethiopia removes ‘terrorist’ tag from Tigray regional party

Al Jazeera  

The delisting is a prerequisite to the TPLF’s participation in an interim regional government after the end of Ethiopia’s civil war. Ethiopia’s parliament on Wednesday removed the dominant party in the Tigray region from a list of “terrorist organisations”, a significant step towards establishing an interim regional government following the end of a two-year civil war. The Tigray People’s Liberation …

US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. He said after “careful review of the law and facts” he had determined that members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, Eritrean Defense Forces, Tigray People’s Liberation Front forces and Amhara …

US says all sides committed war crimes in Ethiopia conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

US says all sides committed war crimes in Ethiopia conflict

Al Jazeera  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara forces committed crimes against humanity. The United States government has concluded that all sides involved in a brutal conflict in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia have committed war crimes, including rapes, massacres of civilians, forcible deportations and ethnic cleansing. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday …

Blinken says Ethiopia must do more on Tigray peace deal
1 year, 9 months ago

Blinken says Ethiopia must do more on Tigray peace deal

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia needs to make more progress implementing a peace agreement with its northern Tigray region before relations with the U.S. are normalized, visiting Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. Speaking in Addis Ababa, Blinken said Ethiopia must ensure “there are no ongoing gross violations of human rights” and establish an “inclusive and credible” transitional justice process …

Blinken in Ethiopia as country recovers from Tigray conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

Blinken in Ethiopia as country recovers from Tigray conflict

The Independent  

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Eritrean leader dismisses as ‘fantasy’ alleged Tigray abuses
1 year, 11 months ago

Eritrean leader dismisses as ‘fantasy’ alleged Tigray abuses

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a fantasy” allegations that his country’s forces carried out rape, looting and other abuses in the war in neighboring Ethiopia’s Tigray region. “Don’t provoke us” to cause misunderstandings, he added: “Let’s assume that the peace process in Ethiopia is going without obstacles.” Growing visibly irritated with questions, Isaias …

Eritrean leader dismisses as 'fantasy' alleged Tigray abuses
1 year, 11 months ago

Eritrean leader dismisses as 'fantasy' alleged Tigray abuses

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a …

Ethiopia PM meets Tigray leaders for first time since peace deal
1 year, 11 months ago

Ethiopia PM meets Tigray leaders for first time since peace deal

Al Jazeera  

Abiy Ahmed holds first face-to-face talks with Tigrayan leaders since a peace deal was agreed in November. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has held his first face-to-face talks on Friday with Tigrayan leaders since a peace deal was inked ending two years of war, officials and state media said. Abiy met senior leaders of the Tigray region forces on Friday …

Amhara forces withdraw from northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region
1 year, 11 months ago

Amhara forces withdraw from northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Al Jazeera  

Forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region who fought in support of federal troops during the two-year civil war in neighbouring Tigray have withdrawn in line with an African Union-backed ceasefire, the army says. The agreement was signed by Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, a party that dominates the region. The restoration of basic services in Tigray, resumption …

Ethiopia’s Tigrayan rebels start handing over heavy weapons
1 year, 11 months ago

Ethiopia’s Tigrayan rebels start handing over heavy weapons

Al Jazeera  

The disarmament is a key part of the peace deal signed two months ago between the government and the rebel group. Tigrayan rebels have begun handing in their heavy weapons, a key part of an agreement signed more than two months ago to end a gruelling conflict in northern Ethiopia, a spokesman for the rebel authorities said. The terms of …

Eritrean soldiers leaving parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray – witnesses
2 years ago

Eritrean soldiers leaving parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray – witnesses

Al Jazeera  

Eritrean withdrawals from two main towns in Tigray follow a truce signed by regional rebels and Ethiopia’s government. Eritrean soldiers, who fought in support of Ethiopia’s federal government during its two-year civil war in the northern Tigray region, are pulling out of two big towns and headed towards the border, witnesses and an Ethiopian official told the Reuters news agency. …

Ethiopian federal government delegation heads to Tigray
2 years ago

Ethiopian federal government delegation heads to Tigray

Al Jazeera  

The federal government and Tigrayan forces signed an agreement to permanently cease hostilities after two years of fighting that killed thousands and displaced millions. A delegation from the Ethiopian federal government is on its way to the northern region of Tigray to oversee the implementation of last month’s peace agreement, the government communication service has said. This is the first …

Electricity, telecoms return to parts of Ethiopia's Tigray
2 years, 1 month ago

Electricity, telecoms return to parts of Ethiopia's Tigray

The Independent  

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Tigray forces in Ethiopia say 65% of fighters left the front line
2 years, 1 month ago

Tigray forces in Ethiopia say 65% of fighters left the front line

Al Jazeera  

Withdrawal reported as federal and Tigray regional governments finalise a plan on how to disarm the rebels. “We have accomplished 65 percent disengagement of our army,” Tadesse Wereda, commander-in-chief of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front said in a video posted on the TPLF’s Facebook page late on Saturday. It pitted the Tigrayan forces against federal troops and their allies, which …

Eritrean forces killing Tigray civilians in Ethiopia despite peace deal, report says
2 years, 1 month ago

Eritrean forces killing Tigray civilians in Ethiopia despite peace deal, report says

LA Times  

Lead negotiator for Ethiopia’s government, Redwan Hussein, left, and lead Tigray negotiator Getachew Reda, right, sign documents Nov. 2 during the peace talks in Pretoria, South Africa. Eritrean troops have continued killing dozens of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and committing other abuses weeks after the two main warring parties signed a peace deal, according to an official document seen …

Ethiopia says new talks begin inside Tigray on disarmament
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia says new talks begin inside Tigray on disarmament

The Independent  

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ICRC: Humanitarian convoy arrives in Ethiopia’s Tigray
2 years, 1 month ago

ICRC: Humanitarian convoy arrives in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The International Committee of the Red Cross said a convoy of trucks carrying medicine arrived in Tigray’s regional capital Mekele on Tuesday, the first aid delivery by the group to the embattled region since August. “The health care system in the region is under extreme pressure and these deliveries are a lifeline for people who need …

Ethiopia PM Abiy vows ‘honest’ implementation of Tigray truce
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia PM Abiy vows ‘honest’ implementation of Tigray truce

Al Jazeera  

Under the implementation deal, humanitarian aid is to be allowed into Tigray, where rebels are expected to be disarmed. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed on Tuesday “to implement honestly” a ceasefire agreement between his government and forces in Tigray, which he said was necessary to ensure peace proved sustainable. The truce signed on November 2 agreed to end two …

Ethiopia, Tigray military leaders agree on peace roadmap
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia, Tigray military leaders agree on peace roadmap

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Top military commanders from Ethiopia and its embattled Tigray region have agreed to allow unhindered humanitarian access to the region and form a joint disarmament committee following last week’s truce. The lead negotiator for Ethiopia, Redwan Hussein, told the AP that Saturday’s signing event created a conductive environment for ongoing peace efforts, noting that the next meeting …

Ethiopia asserts 70% of Tigray now under military control
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia asserts 70% of Tigray now under military control

The Independent  

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Ethiopia asserts 70% of Tigray now under military control
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia asserts 70% of Tigray now under military control

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s lead negotiator in ongoing peace talks asserted Friday that 70% of the country’s northern Tigray region is now under military control and aid deliveries have resumed to the area, but there is no immediate confirmation from aid workers or Tigray spokesmen. National Security Adviser Redwan Hussein tweeted the information as the talks continued in neighboring Kenya, …

Two years of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline
2 years, 2 months ago

Two years of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline

Al Jazeera  

Here’s a look at some of the most important events of the two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s northernmost region. March 10: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemns acts of “ethnic cleansing” in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, as he calls for “full accountability” and the departure of troops from neighbouring Eritrea and other fighters. August 26: As fighting continues in the …

Witnesses say new fighting in Ethiopia’s Oromia kills dozens
2 years, 2 months ago

Witnesses say new fighting in Ethiopia’s Oromia kills dozens

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Intense fighting between Ethiopian government forces and Oromo Liberation Army rebels in the country’s Oromia region has led to “several dozen” casualties in the past week, witnesses tell The Associated Press. The fighting in Oromia, the largest of Ethiopia’s federal states, intensified as peace efforts were ending a larger, separate conflict between government and Tigray forces in …

New round of peace talks between Ethiopia, Tigray envoys
2 years, 2 months ago

New round of peace talks between Ethiopia, Tigray envoys

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — A new round of talks began Monday between Ethiopia’s government and Tigray regional representatives to work out military and other details of last week’s signing of a “permanent” cessation of hostilities in a two-year conflict thought to have killed hundreds of thousands of people. “Maybe by the end of this week or the middle of next week” …

Five key takeaways from the Ethiopia peace deal
2 years, 2 months ago

Five key takeaways from the Ethiopia peace deal

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front agreed to a “permanent cessation of hostilities”, effectively ending ten days of negotiations – led by the African Union in South Africa – and a civil war that began in November 2020. ‘Ethiopia has only one defence force’ War broke out in November 2020 when Ethiopia’s federal government sent …

Analysis: Can Ethiopia iron out issues after AU peace deal?
2 years, 2 months ago

Analysis: Can Ethiopia iron out issues after AU peace deal?

Al Jazeera  

Ahead of the second anniversary of the start of Ethiopia’s civil war, there are concerns about the latest peace deal. “Today is the beginning of a new dawn for Ethiopia,” said former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the AU’s lead envoy overseeing the talks, moments after Ethiopia’s lead negotiator Redwan Hussein and Tigrayan counterpart Getachew Reda signed and shook hands. “In …

Ethiopia asserts government got ‘100%' in Tigray peace deal
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia asserts government got ‘100%' in Tigray peace deal

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Officials close to peace talks aimed at ending Ethiopia’s deadly two-year war confirmed the full text of the signed accord on Thursday, but a key question remains: What led Tigray regional leaders to agree to terms that include rapid disarmament and full federal government control? “During the negotiation in South Africa, Ethiopia’s peace proposal has been accepted …

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years

Associated Press  

PRETORIA, South Africa — Ethiopia’s warring sides agreed Wednesday to a permanent cessation of hostilities in a conflict believed to have killed hundreds of thousands, but enormous challenges lie ahead, including getting all parties to lay down arms or withdraw. A draft text of the agreement, shared with The Associated Press by a diplomat, says Tigray forces will be disarmed, …

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years

The Independent  

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